General Department for Citizenship and Travel Documents have arrested a GCC citizen for obtaining the Kuwaiti citizenship through fraud, reports Al-Rai daily quoting a knowledgeable source.

The same source said the suspect took advantage of the death of a Kuwaiti during the invasion of Kuwait, the Kuwaiti who had no family. He was buried in the desert and as a result of this his death was not registered.

The source added the suspect then used the name of the deceased and claimed he lost his citizenship document and managed to get a duplicate with his picture. He later submitted a false marriage contract in preparation to add non-Kuwaitis to his file and went on to add 11 people — GCC citizens and Syrians. In other words he sold the Kuwaiti citizenship to 11 people by adding them to his file and made a lot of money.

The source added one of them, a Syrian, was sent to Germany at government expense in 2015 and was extradited by Interpol after police discovered his fake parents. The source added the Syrian worked for the Defense Ministry for 10 years, managed to take a bank loan worth KD 30,000 and handed over the money to the fake father who shared it with the Syrian.

The source said the Syrian was found in possession of his original documents and knows nothing about the Kuwaiti dialect. The GCC man and the Syrian have been referred to the concerned authorities while the names of others have been added to the list of persons wanted by law. They are believed to be out of the country and will be arrested upon arrival.